stronghold

英 [ˈstrɒŋhəʊld]

美 [ˈstrɔːŋhoʊld]

n.  有广泛支持的地方; 势力强大的地方; 堡垒; 要塞; 据点; (某种动物的)主要栖息地

复数：strongholds　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11520 / COCA.10622

牛津词典

noun

• 有广泛支持的地方；势力强大的地方
  an area in which there is a lot of support for a particular belief or group of people, especially a political party
  1. a Republican stronghold/a stronghold of Republicanism
     共和党势力强大的地区
• 堡垒；要塞；据点
  a castle or a place that is strongly built and difficult to attack
• （某种动物的）主要栖息地
  an area where there are a large number of a particular type of animal
  1. This valley is one of the last strongholds of the Siberian tiger.
     这条山谷是西伯利亚虎最后的几个主要栖息地之一。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (持共同态度或信仰的人的)大本营，据点
  If you say that a place or region is astronghold ofa particular attitude or belief, you mean that most people there share this attitude or belief.
  1. The westernmost part of north Wales is a stronghold of Welsh-speakers...
     北威尔士最西部是说威尔士语人的聚居区。
  2. The seat was a stronghold of the Labour party.
     这个选区是工党的大本营。
• N-COUNT (某种动物的)主要栖息地
  If you say that a place is astrongholdof a particular type of animal, you mean that more of that type of animal live there than in other places.
  1. Shetland is the last stronghold of otters in the British Isles.
     设得兰群岛是水獭在不列颠群岛上最后的栖息地。

英英释义

noun

• a strongly fortified defensive structure
  Synonym:fastness

双语例句

• This suggests they do not feel safe in the last loyalist stronghold, the oasis of Sebha.
  这表明他们在赛布哈的绿洲&效忠派最后的要塞，并没有感到安全。
• They captured the airbase, last stronghold of the presidential guard.
  他们攻占了空军基地，这是总统卫队的最后一个堡垒。
• You are to take the enemy stronghold before dawn.
  你们必须在凌晨前攻下敌人的堡垒。
• The Republican National Committee remained an Old Guard stronghold even after Mr Eisenhower's election.
  共和党的全国委员会甚至在艾森豪威尔先生当选总统之后仍然是保守派的堡垒。
• The village was a suspected rebel stronghold.
  那个村庄被认为是叛军的据点。
• A devastating attack was launched on the rebel stronghold, leaving many of them dead.
  向叛军要塞的摧毁性进攻发起了，使他们许多人被歼。
• An expedition against the enemy stronghold; a scientific expedition to the South pole.
  对敌人根据地的考察；对南极的科学考察。
• Brazilian security forces have taken control of a major Rio de Janeiro drug trafficker stronghold.
  巴西安全部队已经控制了里约热内卢一个主要贩毒团伙的据点。
• Britain says it will send a team of military officers to the Libyan rebel stronghold of Benghazi.
  英国表示他们将派遣一个军官小组前往利比亚叛军在班加西的据点。
• Out soldiers levelled the enemy stronghold with the ground.
  我们的士兵把敌人的堡垒夷为平地。